نِطَابٌ

The head. (Th, K.) Respecting the saying of El-Jo'eyd El-Murádee,

نَحْنُ ضَرَبْنَاهُ على نِطَابِهِ

ISk says, No one has explained it, and the reading better known is على تَطْيَابِهِ, meaning “ notwithstanding the sweetness (طِيب) that was in him: ” for the man spoken of was going in to a bride of the tribe of Murád: but according to some, نطاب here signifies The tendon of the neck; synonym حَبْلُ العُنُقِ; so in the K, on the authority of Aboo- 'Adnán alone; or حبل العَاتِقِ, according to IAar, who cites this verse:

نَحْنُ ضَرَبْنَاهُ عَلَى نِطَابِهِ

قُلْنَا بِهِ قُلْنَا بِهِ قُلْنَا بِهِ

[We smote him on the tendon of the upper part of his shoulders: we slew him: we slew him: we slew him]. قلنا به signifies قَتَلْنَاهُ. (TA.)